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I thought it must be one of those situations where the train was around the corner and even most humans wouldn't see it unless they stopped and listened like th

• aurareturn 2y ago
  >I would have missed it at that speed in the fog Really? I wouldn't have missed. There was plenty of time for the car to stop based on the video I saw. It looks like 4 seconds of visibility before the driver had to turn the car. It didn't seem like the car was going that fast. There's no way a normal human being paying attention wouldn't be able to get the car to a full stop in that 4 seconds. From what I understand, Tesla's FSD only uses vision to drive. But we, as humans, use all of our senses to drive. We use vision, smell, sound, as well reasoning and historical knowledge. If I saw flashing lights in a fog, I would slow down no matter what. I might have heard some sounds, however faint, from the train moving. I would have reasoned that I should always drive slow in the fog, particularly near an area where there are train tracks. I might have sensed that we are driving in train track territory because I saw some tracks around here in the past or I have come across knowledge about this area before that I remembered. Tesla's FSD uses non of these senses.
  • yreg 2y ago
    I'm not convinced Smell-O-Scope is required for FSD.
    • aurareturn 2y ago
      The point is that we use all our senses - however minor. If I see a crashed oil truck and there is a strong gasoline smell, I might drive as fast as possible out of the way in case it explodes or catches fire. If I smell something weird coming from the car's components, I might stop and not drive. If I smell a cow poop (such as near UC Davis), I might ready by brain for the tiny chance that a cow might escape the fence into the road. We don't just use pure vision like FSD. If FSD is only vision, then it should make up for the other senses such as sound, smell, and human reasoning with things that humans don't have such as rador/lidar.
      • dzhiurgis 2y ago
        > strong gasoline smell > cow poop If anything, you need a modern car with HEPA filter (i.e. like most Teslas)...
        • aurareturn 2y ago
          Well, people do open their car windows from time to time.
  • enaaem 2y ago
    Flashing light means you have to stop according to the official rules (at least where I am from). That’s because trains can go much faster than what people think and can hit you out of nowhere.
  • LaSombra 2y ago
    There's also the fact that road signage alerts of train tracks well in advance to increase our awareness level to the road ahead.